Thihapate သီဟပတေ့ | |
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Governor of Tagaung | |
In office c. September 1367 – November 1400 | |
Monarchs |
Swa Saw Ke (1367−1400) Tarabya (1400) |
Preceded by | Thado Minbya |
Personal details | |
Born | Nauk Hsan c. 1340s |
Died | November 1400 Nadaw 726 ME Ava (Inwa) |
Thihapate of Tagaung ( Burmese: သီဟပတေ့, [θìha̰pətḛ]; also known as Nga Nauk Hsan (ငနောက်ဆံ, [ŋə naʊ̯ʔ sʰàɴ]); d. November 1400) was governor of Tagaung from 1367 to 1400. [1] The powerful governor of the northernmost vassal state of Ava was a brother-in-law of King Swa Saw Ke, [note 1] and had even served as a tutor to Crown Prince Tarabya. [2] [3] In 1380/81, he was even considered by King Swa Saw Ke as a candidate to become king of Arakan although he was ultimately passed over. [4]
Thihapate came to Ava (Inwa) in 1400 to serve as an advisor to his one-time pupil Tarabya, who had become king. With Tarabya becoming mentally unstable, Thihapate assassinated the young king in November 1400, [5] and tried to seize the throne. But the Ava court did not accept him, promptly executed him. [4]
Thihapate သီဟပတေ့ | |
---|---|
Governor of Tagaung | |
In office c. September 1367 – November 1400 | |
Monarchs |
Swa Saw Ke (1367−1400) Tarabya (1400) |
Preceded by | Thado Minbya |
Personal details | |
Born | Nauk Hsan c. 1340s |
Died | November 1400 Nadaw 726 ME Ava (Inwa) |
Thihapate of Tagaung ( Burmese: သီဟပတေ့, [θìha̰pətḛ]; also known as Nga Nauk Hsan (ငနောက်ဆံ, [ŋə naʊ̯ʔ sʰàɴ]); d. November 1400) was governor of Tagaung from 1367 to 1400. [1] The powerful governor of the northernmost vassal state of Ava was a brother-in-law of King Swa Saw Ke, [note 1] and had even served as a tutor to Crown Prince Tarabya. [2] [3] In 1380/81, he was even considered by King Swa Saw Ke as a candidate to become king of Arakan although he was ultimately passed over. [4]
Thihapate came to Ava (Inwa) in 1400 to serve as an advisor to his one-time pupil Tarabya, who had become king. With Tarabya becoming mentally unstable, Thihapate assassinated the young king in November 1400, [5] and tried to seize the throne. But the Ava court did not accept him, promptly executed him. [4]